Handle



.No. 749,869. PATENTEDJAN. 19, 1904.

W. N. LEWIS.

HANDLE.

APPLICATION IILBD SEPT. 3, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Inventor Attorney ew/s Wit a f) Patented January 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM NANCE LEWIS, OF ABINGDON, ILLINOIS.

HANDLE;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,869, dated January19, 1904. Application filed September 3, 1903. Serial No. 171,761. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM NANCE LEWIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Abingdon, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles; and Ido'declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a spring-handlewhich is particularly adapted for a brush, broom, or the like, but whichmay be used for other purposes.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich will be simple in construction, durable in use, very efficient forthe purpose intended, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

WVith this and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved springhandle, showing the same applied to a brush. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectionalview taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 1 is a detail view of thespring member. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of theattachingbrackets looking toward the inner face of the same.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 denotes my improvedspring-handle, which is here shown attached to a brush 2, but which maybe used upon other objects. Said handle comprises a stick 3, a springmember 4, and an attaching member or connection 5. Said stick 8, whichis preferably of wood and of any desired shape and size, has its lowerend screw-threaded, as at 6, into the upper tubular end 7 of the springmember 4. Said tubular end 7 of the spring is composed of a plurality ofclosely-arranged spiral convolutions, which form a screw-threaded socketin which the end 6 of the stick 3 is secured. The tubular portion 7 ofthe spring tapers toward its lower end, as shown at 8, and terminates ina straight loop 9, which is in line with the upper end 7. The end ofthis loop 9 is clamped between a pair of attaching-brackets 10,which aresecured to the brush or other object 2. Each of said brackets 10 isright-angular in form, one arm or member 11 of which engages the back ofthe brush and is provided with an opening 12, through which a screw orother fastening means is passed, and the other 111611111 her or arm 13of said bracket is formed on its inner face at each edge with ribs orflanges 14, which engage the two sides of the loop to prevent the samefrom twisting or turning between said brackets. The two brackets areclamped together with the loop between them by forming the members 13with alining openings l5 and passing a bolt .16 through said openings 15and the loop and then screwing a nut 17 upon the end of said bolt.

The use of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying draw-- ings. Itwill be observed-that owing to the connection between the stick andspring the more the stick is turned the tighter the spring will bind thesame. It will be further noted that by using the spring-handle upon abrush, as shown in the drawings, the operation of sweeping will berendered much easier and may be done more thoroughly with less wear uponthe carpet and without causing so much dust.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A handle comprising a stick, a coil-spring member attached to saidstick and formed with a loop, and attaching means secured to said loop,substantially as described.

2. A handle comprising a stick, a spiralspring member having a tubularsocket adapted to be engaged by said stick and a loop, andattaching-brackets secured to said loop, substantially as described.

the loop between them and formed with ribs or flanges to engage saidloop to prevent twisting or turning of the same, and means for securingsaid brackets to said brush, substantially as-described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- WILLIAM NANCE LEWIS. Witnesses H. L. HAYNEs, J. B.REYNOLDS.

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